The radius of a right circular cylinder of fixed height 10cm is increasing at 0.1cm/s. How fast is the volume increasing when the radius is 5 cm?
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A spherical snowball melts so that its radius decreases at 0.2 cm/min. At what rate is its volume changing when the radius is 15 cm?
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The area of a circle is increasing at 20cm2/s. How fast is its radius increasing when the radius is 4 cm?
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A ladder 100m long leans against a vertical wall. The bottom is pulled away from the wall at 5m/s. How fast is the top sliding down the wall when the bottom is 64m from the wall?
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In a right triangle one leg is fixed at 10 m while the other leg is growing at 0.4 m/s. How fast is the hypotenuse changing when the growing leg is 6 m?
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A square has side length increasing at 0.5 cm/s. How fast is its diagonal increasing when the side length is 8 cm?
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A 10 ft ladder leans against a wall so that the angle ฮธ with the ground changes as the base slides outward at 0.8ft/s. How fast is ฮธ changing when the base is 6 ft from the wall?
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Water is being poured into a conical tank of height 12 m and base radius 5 m. The water level rises at 0.3 m/min. How fast is the volume of water increasing when the depth is 4 m?
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A plane flying horizontally at 200 m/s passes directly over a radar station at altitude 3 km. How fast is the distance from the plane to the station increasing 30 s after it passes over?
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An inverted conical tank (height 10 m, base radius 3 m) is leaking water at 2 m^3/min. How fast is the water depth decreasing when the water is 5 m deep?
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Water flows into a conical vessel at 5 L/min. The vessel has height 4 m and base radius 2 m. How fast is the water level rising when the depth is 2 m? (1 L=0.001 m^3)
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A balloon is rising vertically at 4m/s. A cyclist rides along a straight road at 12m/s directly under the balloon's launch point. How fast is the distance between the cyclist and the balloon changing when the cyclist is 50m from the launch point and the balloon is 80m high?